Acrylic top

[tg1119]

I have been looking at fish online and I noticed alot of them like to jump. I was thinking would an acrylic top that was 3 1/2 inches tall with no top but put a small lip around the top of the acrylic piece and this all would sit on the lip around the top of the tank. So it would just act as a barrier so if a fish jumped it would just hit the wall and bounce back in hopefully.
Has anyone done this? or seen this?

[Flobex]

it probably wouldnt work, because when fish jusp, they jump over the edge... you could however, put the 3" lip, then put mesh, or some sort of netting over it.

[Ping]

I have seen this in pictures of other peoples tanks on the internet. Some also had a lip that came in an inch or so. It looked very effective if one had the room to use it. I use eggcrate myself where I dont have a hood. Cheap and works well, I do loose a small bit of light though.